way2go! 6, Schulbuch

116 Read the facts below and guess which countries they are about. Brazil  the USA  Iraq  South Africa  New Zealand  China  India READING + SPEAKING 1 a Unit 09 Make a change! xv5p4s In this unit you will:  find out about the subject ‘government and politics’  improve your linking words  hear about new ways of organising political power  decide if you should follow the leader  learn about volunteering Research some more ‘fun facts’ about politics at home and make one up. Then present them to your class and let your classmates guess which ones are real and which ones are fake. b Since 2001 it has been a custom for the president of to ‘pardon’ a turkey, which means that this particular turkey gets a name and is not going to end up on the traditional Thanksgiving dinner table. A The country of has had debates about changing its flag, which looks too similar to its neighbouring island’s flag. In 2016 the country held a public flag design competition and received 10,000 suggestions. D has a long-standing tradition of introducing mock-candidates in their elections. The most famous one was a rhinoceros which was voted into the city council of São Paulo in 1959. F About one third of the world’s population live in the two countries and . E In 2003, then US president George W. Bush was holding a speech in , when suddenly a reporter got up and started throwing his shoes at him as a sign of protest. C The first black president of , Nelson Mandela, spent 27 years in prison considered a terrorist. B Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv